February 15, 20214 yr 10 minutes ago, TexasHooch said: Hope ya'll don't get ice damns. That's a whole other layer of suck. hey thanks for this. learn something new every day. gonna go rake off where I can now.
February 15, 20214 yr From Eric Berger in houston: Quote Two things happened last night to contribute to these outages. First, demand was extraordinarily high across the state, Mercado said. And then, beginning at about 1 am, generating units started to shut down. This is almost certainly due to extremely cold conditions. Eventually about one-third of the anticipated capacity went offline. This included a handful of freezing wind turbines, but the majority of the volume losses were due to coal and natural gas plants going offline. More in the link: https://spacecityweather.com/
February 15, 20214 yr Houston apartment dweller here, just northwest of downtown. Lost power around 3 AM. My apt has been getting some good warming from the sun and stayed pretty warm last night while I complied with ERCOT’s requests. however, gonna be interesting when it’s pitch black in here after sundown. I have a gas stove but no fireplace and friends in The Heights with a generator at their home. So they might be getting a friend for the night.
February 15, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said: I would think so. A lot also depends how saturated the ground is before the storm but you probably won’t need to worry about flooding. Snow doesn’t pack that much precip Roofs are a different story. There's no way that they have the under roof membranes that we use. has there been a lot of snow accumulation on roofs there?
February 15, 20214 yr https://abc13.com/weather/systemwide-power-failure-reported-during-winter-storm/10340431/?fbclid=IwAR2qBKH-wzo_WdF1D1szPmZt3dqzOcc-HB0w6Y1H3EOX9a80lAGegEqlH_I Outages may last a day or longer. No longer rolling blackouts
February 15, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, SubliminalHorn said: Coming up on 12 for me went out at 1, came back about 11 for 30 minutes just enough to warm the house a bit. Went off and now just back. I expect it to run like this for a few days. Sleeping bags and tea.
February 15, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, dcar00 said: hey thanks for this. learn something new every day. gonna go rake off where I can now. It takes a certain set of conditions for them to form. It might not be necessary. If you do, just the first few feet is fine. Honestly I'd just monitor at this point.
February 15, 20214 yr My FIL's place just south of Tyler. I've never seen anything like this in Texas. The ice is probably half an inch thick already.
February 15, 20214 yr More fuckery! The City of Kyle says that their water supply is running dangerously low, and they're asking residents to suspend water usage until further notice. The city says the supply issue is due to a power outage at the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, the city's water supplier.
February 15, 20214 yr Power just went off in north Dallas. Sadly was waiting for this today and it Effin happened. Passed about it.
February 15, 20214 yr Popular Post 28 minutes ago, Nicole44 said: So millions without power and that hasn’t reduced the strain on the grids? I've actually been turning my heat up a degree every time a new Surly member loses power on this thread. It's a nice balmy 94 in here.
February 15, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, TexasHooch said: Roofs are a different story. There's no way that they have the under roof membranes that we use. has there been a lot of snow accumulation on roofs there? not really as the snow is powder and blowing around exposing some of the roof which has allowed the Sun to melt portions.
February 15, 20214 yr In Houston, streets were fairly wet a couple of hours ago from the sun melting the ice/snow. I was worried that would freeze up creating a mess. Instead it has pretty much evaporated. I hope that is occurring across the city.
February 15, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, TexasHooch said: Roofs are a different story. There's no way that they have the under roof membranes that we use. has there been a lot of snow accumulation on roofs there? about 5 inches or so in my area. I have the gutter covers that fully cover the gutter and have the curve so the leaves roll off and the water drains into the gutter but man if someone just has an open gutter that could be ugly
February 15, 20214 yr If your snow is done, you can use a leaf blower or broom to move it off of sidewalks and driveways if it hasn’t absorbed too much melted water yet. Should you care to. I’d check for slick ice underneath before going at it though.
February 15, 20214 yr 15 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said: red oak to wax: orange wax to ross: green ross to lorena: orange lorena to troy: green troy to 53 in temple: orange 53 in temple to prairie dell: green orange or red all the way south from prairie dell to selma Did you make the drive or just on maps?
February 15, 20214 yr Just now, Pato del Muerto said: If your snow is done, you can use a leaf blower or broom to move it off of sidewalks and driveways if it hasn’t absorbed too much melted water yet. Should you care to. I’d check for slick ice underneath before going at it though. i did that on my cars with the broom to expose the windows so that the ice from the other night would melt. If we can get through tonight with enough power and it is sunny the following days I think we make it.
February 15, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, dcar00 said: about 5 inches or so in my area. I have the gutter covers that fully cover the gutter and have the curve so the leaves roll off and the water drains into the gutter but man if someone just has an open gutter that could be ugly In my experience (and it's a bad one) gutter guards make it worse because the water freezes on the guard itself. That said, I'm sorry I even brought it up. Ya'll have enough to deal with and it's very unlikely.
February 15, 20214 yr 39 minutes ago, South Austin said: Interesting. I’m off Burnet and North Loop, and can’t think of any critical facilities close by. I consider myself lucky to have been spared the outage, at least for now. Seton Medical on 38th is the only thing I could think of.
February 15, 20214 yr EMERGENCY UPDATE: The length of controlled outages have been significantly extended due to the current emergency grid conditions and severe cold weather. These outages are taking place across the service territory and ERCOT has said they could be required through Tuesday. We are asking all Oncor customers to be prepared to be without power for an extended period of time. In addition, we are responding to separate outages caused by the record-breaking winter storm that continues to impact our entire service territory. Customers do not need to report their outages at this time. We are doing everything possible to respond to each of these power emergency events. We remain in close coordination with ERCOT and we appreciate everyone’s patience as we do all we can to protect the integrity of the Texas grid. Oncor message
February 15, 20214 yr 43 minutes ago, South Austin said: Interesting. I’m off Burnet and North Loop, and can’t think of any critical facilities close by. I consider myself lucky to have been spared the outage, at least for now. Obviously it’s to ensure Top Notch can keep cooking burgers.
February 15, 20214 yr 29 minutes ago, Michael Knight said: Guessing you are on the same grid as the hospitals I'm further up Burnet in North Shoal Creek neighborhood and we haven't lost power. Not sure what our link would be.
February 15, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, TexasHooch said: It takes a certain set of conditions for them to form. It might not be necessary. If you do, just the first few feet is fine. Honestly I'd just monitor at this point. yeah, its easy to rake a couple feet on to the roof from the ground. 10-15 minutes of work. I do the same thing with leaves.
February 15, 20214 yr To prevent my food from spoiling, I have thrown my Freezers contents onto the patio outside.
February 15, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said: To prevent my food from spoiling, I have thrown my Freezers contents onto the patio outside. I just opened the fridge doors. pretty sure the living room temp has equalized to the fridge interior
February 15, 20214 yr Dallas is shutting down its skyline so that's nice. I slept about 4 hours last night but can't get a nap in. I'm gonna be beat.
February 15, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, TexasHooch said: Roofs are a different story. There's no way that they have the under roof membranes that we use. has there been a lot of snow accumulation on roofs there? Most roofs in Texas don’t have a 3 foot perimeter of IWS to help prevent ice dams. This short of a cold blast and halfway decent soffit vent intake / ridge vent exhaust will most likely not cause an ice damming problem.
February 15, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, dcar00 said: yeah, its easy to rake a couple feet on to the roof from the ground. 10-15 minutes of work. I do the same thing with leaves. You’re wasting your time.
February 15, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, deadshank said: You’re wasting your time. I agree, really. Plus, a roof rake and a rake rake are very different things.
February 15, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, UTexasFight said: I just opened the fridge doors. pretty sure the living room temp has equalized to the fridge interior It’s getting there for sure
February 15, 20214 yr To prevent my food from spoiling, I have thrown my Freezers contents onto the patio outside. Recommended practice is to freeze bottles of water outside and use them to pack your fridge and freezer. Then you don't have to worry about stuff like sun hitting your food and warning it or anything like that.Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
February 15, 20214 yr Checking in from Lake Houston area of h-town No power since around 3am, but the shit on the skreets evaporated quickly. Skreets up this way are dry as hell. Definitely not looking forward to a low tonight of 12 with no heat available
February 15, 20214 yr Because power has mostly been coming on rather than continuing to go off for most people, I am hopeful that ercot is poormouthing so people are grateful when it doesn't go off.
February 15, 20214 yr Went for a short walk down S. Lamar and it’s a goddamned shit show out there. Cars sliding around struggling to get up hills. Can’t see the sidewalk since it’s covered by snow. I mean I know this doesn’t happen all that often, but seems like there was ZERO preparedness. Seems like incompetence everywhere
February 15, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Brisketexan said: You’d think that, wouldn’t you? I know there are some folks without power in the Houston area. But it seems that the bulk of the outages, and they’re gonna be 24 hr or longer....are in Austin. We’re taking the punch for the state, I guess. Where are you getting your information from that Austin is getting it in the ass versus the the other major cities? I'm close to DFW Airport and we've been without power for almost 12 hours. My farm just outside of Dallas has no power also.
February 15, 20214 yr Just spent an hour scrounging for wood in the field behind my house. Got enough for the night. Now I'm waiting for the feeling to return to my feet.
February 15, 20214 yr About to cross the 14 hour mark in 78735. Ready to go Clark Griswold on anyone from Ercot or AE.
February 15, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said: Power back on at my place. See how long it holds. Where you located?
February 15, 20214 yr No power since 0900 (PEC) in Belterra, but it sure is pretty. Charging my phone in the car in the driveway.
February 15, 20214 yr 51 minutes ago, Lobo said: So what, so you just have this random hog out back? What were you gonna do with it before the winter storm? It was a reference to the book. No hog killing here.
February 15, 20214 yr Lucky enough to still have power in 78704 (fingers crossed), but at about 8am we smelled a burning smell coming from what we think was the heater unit in the attic. Can’t get an AC guy to come take a look at it until idk when, and don’t want to risk turning it back on in case we start a fire.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
February 15, 20214 yr Clay Jenkins says help is coming. Hopefully they'll explain why they didn't have these peaker plants ready to go ahead of time.
February 15, 20214 yr Siap. Explanation that too many coal and natural gas generating units went offline overnight and took down the rolling blackout plan. https://spacecityweather.com/the-power-situation-is-disastrous-and-it-likely-wont-be-fixed-tonight/
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